σάκκος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or σάκος, ὁ, v. sub fin.:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[coarse cloth of hair]], esp. of goats' hair, σάκκος τρίχινος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Apoc.</span>6.12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Is.</span>50.3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Si.</span>25.17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[anything made of this cloth]]: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[sack]], [[bag]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.80</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>745</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>1209</span>, Gal.2.559,8.672:—as a measure, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ostr.</span>1096</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[sieve]], [[strainer]], esp. for wine, <span class="bibl">Hippon.57</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.6.19</span>; σ. τρίχινοι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHamb.</span>10.39</span> (ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[coarse garment]], [[sackcloth]], worn as mourning by the Jews, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>37.34</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>10.13</span>, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>2.12.5</span>, cf. Plu.2.239c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">coarse beard</b>, like rough hair-cloth, σάκον πρὸς ταῖν γνάθοιν ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>502</span>; cf. σακεσφόρος <span class="bibl">11</span>.—The form <b class="b3">σάκος</b> is said to be Att., <span class="bibl">Ael.Dion.<span class="title">Fr.</span>296</span>, Phryn.229, <span class="bibl">Moer. p.354</span> P., <span class="bibl">Thom.Mag. p.344</span> R., etc.; while <b class="b3">σάκκος</b> is called Dor. by Phryn. l.c., Hellenic by Moer. and Thom.Mag. ll.cc., Comic by <span class="bibl">Poll.7.191</span>. In <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span> 822</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ec.</span>502</span>, <b class="b3">σάκος</b> is required by the metre, as is <b class="b3">σάκκος</b> in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ach.</span> 745</span> (Megarian), and in Hippon. l.c.; codd. of Hdt. give <b class="b3">σάκκος</b>. Inscrr. have σάκος <span class="title">IG</span>22.1672.73,74, 108 and <b class="b3">σάκκος</b> ib.198: Papyri have σάκος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>753.27</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>84.52</span> (ii B.C.), but oftener σάκκος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.427.1</span>,<span class="bibl">14</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>116.3</span> (ii B.C.), etc. (Prob. the word, like the thing, was borrowed from Phoenicia, cf. Hebr. [[saq]].) </span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">bag (made of goat hair), sieve, burlap, a large cloak made of the same</b>, a.o. used as a wedding dress (Hdt., Hippon., Ar., LXX, NT, inscr. a. pap.).<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">σάκος</b> (Att. ?).<br />Compounds: As 1. member e.g. <b class="b3">σακκο-φόρος</b> m. <b class="b2">bag bearer</b> (pap. a.o.).<br />Derivatives: 1. Dimin. <b class="b3">σαν(κ)-ίον</b> (Hp., Ar., X., Men. a.o.), <b class="b3">-ίδιον</b> (pap.), <b class="b3">-άλιον</b> (gloss.); 2. <b class="b3">-ούδια</b> n. pl. meaning unclear (pap.; after <b class="b3">λινούδιον</b>, s. <b class="b3">λίνον</b>); 3. <b class="b3">-ᾶς</b> m. <b class="b2">sack bearer</b> (inscr. Corycos, pap.); 4. <b class="b3">-ίας οἶνος</b> <b class="b2">sieved wine</b> (Poll.); 5. <b class="b3">-ινος</b> <b class="b2">made of burlap</b> (sch.); 6. Denom. <b class="b3">-έω</b> <b class="b2">to sieve</b> (Hdt. 4, 23; after Ael. Dion. a.o. <b class="b3">-εύω</b>), <b class="b3">-ίζω</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Thphr. a.o.). Ptc. (seemingly primary) <b class="b3">σακτός</b> [[sieved]] (Eup. 439).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Semit.<br />Etymology: Semit. LW [loanword]; cf. Hebr. (Phoen.) <b class="b2">śaq</b> <b class="b2">cloth of hair, bag, mourning-dress</b> (Lewy Fremdw. 87; on it Bertoldi Zeitschr. rom. Phil. 68, 73ff. [mediterranean word]); one would like to know whether <b class="b3">σαν(κ)ίον</b> can be so explained. -- From this Lat. [[saccus]] (with NHG [[Sack]] etc.); s. W.-Hofmann s.v. w. lit.